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MobiKwik can see light at the end of the tunnel

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The worst may be over for MobiKwik. The Gurugram-based fintech company ended the 2024–25 fiscal year with a loss of ₹121 crore, down from a profit of ₹14 crore in the previous year. Higher losses are a result of its risky lending business, which ran into trouble after the Reserve Bank of India’s nudge last year to slow down unsecured lending. The company has pivoted its focus to higher-ticket, longer-term loans. Its payments business remains strong, with non-UPI payments making up 68% of processed payments, up from 37%.

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PB Fintech’s excellent results need to be read with caution

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PB Fintech’s quarterly results were impressive, showing remarkable growth in revenue and a zoom in profits. However, the market’s reaction was subdued, and analysts are divided between buy and sell recommendations. Caution is needed because two of the leading products—Policybazaar and PaisaBazaar—yielded low margins. Furthermore, the credit business, especially unsecured lending, is slowing down following mandates from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Another risk is the potential for policy lapses leading to clawbacks on commissions already booked as revenue.

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NBFCs’ supply-chain finance offerings face possible RBI restrictions

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An industry letter to the central bank has sought clarification on the regulator’s advice to some NBFCs to cease or modify their supply-chain finance products. The Reserve Bank of India is likely rethinking its stance on supply-chain finance products sold by non-banking financial companies. According to a letter addressed to the RBI by the Finance Industry Development Council, the central bank has advised some NBFCs to stop offering certain supply-chain finance products or modify them.

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RBI’s crackdown on P2P lending casts a cloud over MobiKwik’s IPO plans

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As investors in MobiKwik’s P2P lending scheme cry foul over the handling of an RBI rule change, uncertainty looms over the fintech company’s lending business—its strongest growth driver. Many users of a lending scheme offered by MobiKwik are rattled. The Gurugram-headquartered digital payments company, which earlier allowed “anytime withdrawals”, seems to have locked in their investments after the central bank changed a key rule.

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The Great Indian Gold Heist

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Why the 80:20 Gold Import Scheme is a ₹ 2.65 lakh crore (or $35 billion) scandal. The 80:20 gold import-export scheme that began in July 2013 when the UPA government was in power and continued till November 2014, six months into the tenure of the Modi government, has been sharply criticised by the CAG.

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India’s corporate debt bomb ticking

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Total NPAs reached a whopping Rs 9.5 lakh crore by end March 2018. India’s banking sector, the foundation of our modern economy, is in crisis. A spate of scams has dragged the credibility of India’s biggest private and public sector banks through the mud. Even more dangerous is a Debt Bomb of bad loans that has grown almost 17 times bigger in the past 10 years.

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